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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Include ATS in closing the gap too.[/quote]

SOL pass rates for ED students at ATS have been declining over the past few years.[/quote]

And again, self-selecting cohort.[/quote]

Technically, yes; but not quite the same as someone choosing immersion or Campbell.  They attended VPI and opted to stay.  They may well have preferred to stay at whatever school their VPI class was in, already being familiar with it.[/quote]

This. Also, you can't use this most recent year's test scores to see a trend because for the first time there were no alternate tests given for ELL students. In Arlington there is quite a bit of overlap between ELL and ED students. All Title 1 schools saw huge drops in test scores this year as a result. That's why I didn't include this most recent year's scores when noting that Campbell appears to be making great strides, and also noted that it's likely not as self-selecting a cohort. I think both ATS and Campbell and the Immersion schools encourage and support parental participation, perhaps in a more "aggressive" way than neighborhood schools? Plus most of the ED kids at option schools have had the benefit of VPI Pre-K. I don't know whether that's true at the neighborhood schools. Basically, I don't think it's as simple or to be dismissed as easily as "it's a self-selecting cohort." [/quote]

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